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National Post-School Outcomes Center, 2013
Yearly, approximately 100,000 former students who had an individual education program (IEP) when they left high school are contacted to participate in a post-school survey. Efforts are made to contact youth who represent a variety of disabilities, as well as, minority youth and those who left high school with a diploma or dropped out of high…
Descriptors: Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, Disabilities, Focus Groups
Cash, Paul E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In a North Texas school district, students taking online courses in a variety of subject areas were not successfully completing courses at the district's expected levels. The district pays for courses and student support while remaining financially responsible to the community and programmatically to students' online success. Students'…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, High School Students, Computer Simulation
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Tupper, Jennifer A.; Cappello, Michael P. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2012
Citizenship education is of central importance in curriculum and schooling, as evidenced by the proliferation of research and writing in the area over the last 20 years. Building on existing citizenship literature, this paper discusses one aspect of a larger project exploring the ways in which citizenship is discursively produced in officially…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Focus Groups, Cultural Pluralism
Hiser, Krista Karyn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Institutions of higher education are increasingly engaged in sustainability efforts, both in classrooms and on the campus. Yet, little is known about what students really know and believe about sustainability issues. Using Lattuca and Stark's (2009) curricular frame and a single case study approach, this research explored student and non-student…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Stakeholders, Community Colleges, Interviews
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Liang, Belle; Spencer, Renee; Brogan, Deirdre; Corral, Macarena – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
This study compared perceptions of mentoring relationships among early adolescents, middle adolescents, and emerging adults. In ten focus groups, 56 middle school, high school, and college students described relational experiences that were analyzed thematically. Differences in the characteristics of the mentors nominated by the youth across the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, Early Adolescents, Adolescents
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Kalafat, John – Prevention Researcher, 2003
Epidemiological estimates indicate that up to 20% of people under the age of 20 present emotional and behavioral disorders serious enough to warrant intervention. At the same time, the current mental health/social services system for children and adolescents has been described as fragmented, inaccessible, duplicative, and often ineffectual. This…
Descriptors: Health Services, Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health Programs